Theatre Etiquette - Multiple Shows?
Fri, 19 Oct 2007, 01:17 pmMeercat73 posts in thread
Theatre Etiquette - Multiple Shows?
Fri, 19 Oct 2007, 01:17 pmJust wondering what everyones opinion is on taking on more than one show at a time in community theatre?
Examples:
A Director or Musical Director taking on two projects and then splitting their time between the two (OR neglecting one in favour of the other!)
A leading actor accepting a role in another production then having to divide their time between roles.
My opinion is that you need to commit to one project, so that you can make the best show you can and put all your effort into it. It always seems that others have to pick up the slack for those that accept more than they can handle?
Just my opinion and I am interested to hear what others think, as it seems a lot of people now have more than one project going at once. I cant imagine doing this, as once Im in a show - I can only think about one role, one set of songs, one set of dances and so on????
Students
Mon, 22 Oct 2007, 04:00 pmI'm involved on another web site with a thread about students and outside theatre work.
There was a hard and fast rule at my uni that you didn't work off campus during your course. The same applied to most of the top end courses in London. I think it's a good rule and accordingly I didn't even consider students in my post. When you are studing drama frankly I would have thought you'd be too damn busy to do off campus shows especially if you need a job to survive. I had a special exemption to work as a professional technician while I was at Uni because I had been doing lighting as a pro for some time before going to Uni but my time was limited because of on campus shows.
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